PC 6196, SD45, 1968         
PC Power. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Charles Houser that was taken near Altoona, Pennsylvania, on 10 February 1968. Shown here (R to L) are Penn Central Railroad engines #6196 and #6142. Both are SD-45's built for the Pennsylvania Railroad by GM-EMD in January of 1968 and rated at 3,600 horsepower each. In this context, they're pulling a freight train down the Allegheny Mountains via the Horseshoe Curve to Enola and points East. ("Tchowee"; #1 of 2)
Date: 2/10/1968 Location: Altoona, PA   Map Show Altoona on a rail map Views: 334 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Locomotives: PC 6196(SD45) PC 6142(SD45)    Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
PC 6196, SD45, 1968
Picture Categories: Winter This picture is part of album:  PC-CR: Motive Power ~ 1968-1999
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